Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh traded the ocean for New York State's Hudson River, declaring at the end of his epic 517 kilometre journey downriver on Wednesday that "we can never become complacent when it comes to protecting the environment".

UNEP Patron of the Ocean Lewis Pugh speaks with UN News after his Hudson Swim 2023. UN Video/Grace Barrett
UNEP Patron of the Ocean Lewis Pugh speaks with UN News after his Hudson Swim 2023. UN Video/Grace Barrett

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